Cátia Oliveira Explained

Cátia Oliveira
Fullname:Cátia Cristina da Silva Oliveira
Birth Date:1991 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Cerqueira César, Brazil
Website:http://catiaoliveira.com.br/
Country:Brazil
Sport:Para table tennis
Event:Class 2
Paralympics:2016
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Years1:2005–2007
Nationalyears1:2007
Nationalcaps1:0
Nationalgoals1:0

Cátia Cristina da Silva Oliveira (born 12 June 1991) is a Brazilian Para table tennis player and former footballer. Cátia won a gold medal at the 2015 Parapan American Games and was selected for the 2016 Paralympic Games in her home country.[1] Cátia began playing table tennis in 2013 and developed quickly, winning a place on Brazil's national team in time for the 2015 Parapan American Games. In October 2018 she won a silver medal at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Slovenia. She was bereaved by the untimely death of her father during the tournament.[2]

Botucatu Futebol Clube signed Cátia as a promising footballer when she was 14 years old. In October 2007, teammate Renata Costa was driving Cátia and Michele in her Opel Corsa when she crashed into another car at a level crossing. Michele and Renata suffered minor injuries, while Cátia, who was asleep in the back seat, suffered a spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia.[3] [4] Costa was fined $576 for driving without a licence.[5] Cátia had been called up to the Brazil women's national under-17 football team on the day of the accident.[6]

In June 2021 she was one of the women as part of Brazil's table tennis team for the 2020 Paralympic Games which were delayed for a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The other athletes were Bruna Costa Alexandre (class 10), Danielle Rauen (in class 9) and Joyce Oliveira (in class 4).[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Werlang . Hector . O tempo de Cátia: como o tênis de mesa a levou ao sonho da seleção . 27 February 2019 . . 9 September 2016 . Portuguese.
  2. News: Cátia Oliveira é vice-campeã Mundial na Eslovênia . 27 February 2019 . Olimpíada Todo Dia . 20 October 2018 . Portuguese.
  3. News: Agassi . Gilmar . Após acidente, Renata está apta a jogar . 4 January 2019 . Jornal Folha de Londrina . 18 October 2007 . Portuguese.
  4. News: de Cássia Cornélio . Rita . Acidente com jogadoras gera polêmica . 4 January 2019 . Jornal da Cidade . 20 October 2007 . Portuguese.
  5. News: Cátia: Jogadora que provocou acidente não possui habilitação . 4 January 2019 . . 18 October 2007 . Portuguese.
  6. News: Jogadora envolvida em acidente não tem habilitação . 4 January 2019 . . 18 October 2007 . Portuguese.
  7. Web site: Com time de sparrings de alto nível, Seleção paralímpica de tênis de mesa encerra semana de treinamentos em São Paulo - Surto Olímpico. 2021-06-15. www.surtoolimpico.com.br.